Entrez gene ID | | 1464 |
Official gene symbol | | CSPG4 |
Full name | | chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4 |
Aliases | | ,HMW-MAA,MCSP,MCSPG,MEL-CSPG,MSK16,NG2, |
Gene summary | | A human melanoma-associated chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan plays a role in stabilizing cell-substratum interactions during early events of melanoma cell spreading on endothelial basement membranes. CSPG4 represents an integral membrane chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan expressed by human malignant melanoma cells. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 15 Locus: 15q24.2 |
Gene position | | 76005189 - 75966663 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | minus |
Gene size | | 38527 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 601172 |